Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who has recovered from a stroke due to timely treatment, said on Sunday that this was his "third birth".

Bengaluru: Starting this month, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) consumers across all categories will see an additional charge of Rs 1.15 per unit due to the recent revision in its Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment (FPPCA).

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who is responsible for the water resources portfolio, announced on Friday that the Karnataka government will adhere to the Supreme Court's order to release water to Tamil Nadu while safeguarding the interests of Cauvery basin farmers in Karnataka.

In a move that has drawn criticism, the Karnataka government has decided to purchase 33 hybrid vehicles of the Toyota Innova Hycross model for its ministers. Each of these multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) costs approximately Rs 30 lakh, resulting in an expenditure of around Rs 10 crore for the exchequer.

In a recent judgment, the Second Additional District and Sessions Court in Virajpet sentenced the editor and a reporter of the 'Cauvery Times,' a daily newspaper in Kodagu district, to one year of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each of them. This decision came in response to their violation of the law by publishing the photograph of a minor who was raped and murdered in 2019.

The Karnataka government has established a new protocol requiring the Chief Minister's authorization for the appointment of officers in any government department. This directive comes after the conclusion of the official period for public transfers, as announced by JD Madhuchandra Tejaswi, the additional secretary of the government in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) of Karnataka.

Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar, responded to a query regarding a legislator's recent letter to the Chief Minister requesting a meeting to address issues in his and neighboring constituencies. Shivakumar questioned whether it was forbidden for a legislator to express concerns to the Chief Minister.

RTI (Right to Information) activists in Karnataka are raising concerns over the State Information Commission's alleged attempt to dismiss a large number of appellate applications related to the previous BJP government's actions in the state. They claim that the commission is trying to cover up irregularities during the BJP's tenure by swiftly dismissing 6,946 such applications in a single day.